Fish-hook.



J. s. MADDERRA.

FISH-HOOK APPLICATION FILED SEPT.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

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EN-E F osogei To all whom Lt may concern: I

Be it known that I, ,JA;\ins- SrnvnX MAD- nnnna, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butler, in the county of Custer and the State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Fish-I-Iock, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of fish hooks characterized by a main hook on which the bait is placed, and spring-actuated supplemental hooks between which the main hook is located, said supplemental hooks automatically seizing the fish when the bait is disturbed.

It is the object of the present invention'to provide a hook of the kind stated which is simple in construction, and highly eiiicient in operation, together with a novel mechanism for locking and releasing the supplemental hooks; and with these objects in view, the invention. consists in a combination and arrangementof parts to be herein after described and claimed;

In the accompanying drawing, forming a partof this specification, F igurel is a perspective view oft-he device showing the supplemental hooks in spread position, and .Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the supplemental hooks released and. in closed position.

In the construction of the device, I take four pieces of spring steel wire, and twist the same together so as to form a single rod.

This rod is bent intermediate its ends into a loop or coil B, from which latter are extended, in spaced relation, the two ends of the 'rod, to form the shanks A and a of the supplemental hooks.

downward bend d" terminating in two pairs oi inwardly presented hooks D and D. The hooks D are formed by bending twoof the wires inwardly, and-forming the terminals of said inward bends with barbs. The

hooks D are formed by continuing the other two wires a suitable distance below the hooks D, in alinement with the portion d of the shank, and then bending the terminals of the two wires inwardly, and barbing the extremities thereof. ,The shank a has a lateral bend similar to the bend (Z, but in the opposite direction, so that these twobends cross. The bend c is in two spaced parallel parts to form a slot C through which the fbend (Z loosely extends. .The two parts of the bend 0 are formed by dividing the 'four wires of the shank'a into two parts, each The shank A has a' side bend d at the extremity of which is a yi s e 'ificationof)LetteisPt'nt. Patented Ara-. 18,1911;

' ''"A piieation'fiiea September 16,191'6. Seriai 582 e19.

part of said-bend therefore being composed of two, wires which are twisted together to form a single rod. At the extremity of the bend e the two parts thereof'are twisted to gether, and bent downwardly in a 'shank 0, similar to the part ti, and' formed with. hooks D- and D, similar to the hooks D and I) already described. On the shank a is mounted a ring G having an eye 9 which is engageable by the trigger to be presently described.

To the shank A is fixed a clip F to which is pivoted, at f, the shank of the main hook E, said shank passing downwardly through the space between the parts 0, so as to bring its barbed extremity between the supplemental hooks D and D. The shank of the hook E has a lateral bend e at its pivoted end in the direct-ion'ot the shank a, which bend terminates in an upstanding portion e which is adapted to pass through the eye 9.

The parts are set in operative posit-ion by ems ie a T @-w ea s ame drawing the shanks A and a together, in

whicliposition they are held by passing the part e through the eye g. Upon drawing the two shanks together, the supplemental hooks D and'D are spread, and thefln'iain hook E is located 'therebetween, as shown in Fig. 1.- The main hook will be' suitably baited. When the fish, turtle, or the like,

disturbs the bait, the main hook swings on its pivot and withdraws the part c from the eye 9', whereupon the shanks A and a spread, and the supplemental hooks swing toward each other, and seize the fish, this movement being effected by the spring action of the loop. or coil B. y The hooks are easily set, and

the slightest nibble will release the same.

The slot formed by the parts 0 guides the movement of the supplemental hooks, and they swing in a straight line.

I claim:

1. A fish hook comprising a pair of spaced shanks connected at oneend by a sprlng loop, and having crossing side bends at their other ends carrying oppositely presented hooks, one of said side bends being slot-ted, and the other side bend passing loosely through said slot, a main hook between the aforesaid hooks, said main hook passing through the aforesaid slot, and having its shank pivoted to one of the aforesaid shanks, a trigger carried by the main hook, and means on-the other shank engageable by the trigger for locking the shanks against spreading movement.-

:2. A fish hook comprisin a plurality of stituting the bend, a main hook connected to Wires twisted to ether, an bent mterlneone of the aforesald shanks and located bediate their ends into a spring loop, spaced tween the aforesaid hooks, said main hook shanks extending frona the loop, said shanks carrying a trigger, and means on the other 15 5 havlng lateral bends 1n opposite directions, shank engageable by the trigger for locking i and each of said bends having oppositely the shanks against spreading movement.

presented hooks said hooks being formed by I 1 separating the ivires constituting the bend, JAMES STEVEN MADDERRA' and one of said bends having a slot through W1tnesses: 10 which the other bend loosely passes, said slot GEO. J. AMES,

being formed-by separating the Wires coni F. M. MCBURNEY. 

